Human Rights in Mexico
Hearing Notice
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on human rights in Mexico.
Violence and human rights violations associated with Mexico’s drug war, including kidnappings, armed robbery, extortion, extrajudicial killings, and forced disappearances, have been on the rise in recent years. Yet the drug war is not the only cause of human rights violations in Mexico: Mexican law enforcement authorities have been found to employ arbitrary detention, torture, and forced confessions in other contexts. All of these abuses are compounded by widespread impunity in Mexico for criminal behavior by both private groups and government actors.
This hearing will examine human rights abuses in Mexico, evaluate the status of efforts to reform Mexico’s judiciary and police to bolster human rights protections and assess U.S. policy.
If you have any questions, please contact the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at 202-225-3599 or tlhrc@mail.house.gov.
Hosted by:
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Opening Remarks
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Rep. James P. McGovern, Co-Chair, TLHRC
Written remarks
Witnesses
Panel I
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Panel II
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Nik Steinberg, Researcher, Human Rights Watch
Written testimony -
Maureen Meyer, Senior Associate for Mexico and Central America, Washington Office on Latin America
Written testimony -
Santiago Aguirre, Tlachinollan Human Rights Center
Written testimony